Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Joel Stucki" <joel AT stucki.ws>]

On 8/24/06, Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com> wrote:
> Dear Joel,
>
> >>
> > Astute observation Harold. I believe it was Mark Twain who commented
> > that if "And it came to pass" were removed from the Book of Mormon it
> > would be reduced to the Pamphlet of Mormon.
>
>
> HH: Interesting.
>
> >
> > But I believe the argument of Skousen is that Smith as an illiterate
> > farm boy could not have known these things.
>
>
> HH: But Smith lived in the northeast, where there were a lot of educated
> people. He lived in Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania. He lived near
> the town of Palmyra, New York.
>
> > Regardless of this
> > specific argument that does remain true. Smith produced a 500+ page
> > book covering many important theological issues and quite a complex
> > narrative when he was in his early 20's in just over 60 days of
> > dictation.
>
>
> HH: No, it was two-and-a-half years of dictation. The following is worth
> reading:
>
> http://lds-mormon.com/jsmith.shtml
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
This is a charged subject and clearly off topic for the list. There
are far more scholarly sources I could provide you to give a more
objective view. If you are interested I will be happy to refer you to
them off list.